Mid-South/Midwest Culture

When I was a kid growing up in Rolla, Missouri, I worked at Wal-Mart (now Walmart) with a guy named David Murphy.  I always admired David for several reasons.  For starters, he always treated me with respect even though he was a few years ahead of me in school.

I always felt like if David would have had a gang he might have let me in it.  Not that I ever wanted to be in a gang, I didn't.  But had I been in a gang back in the mid 70's, I would have been proud to be in David's gang.  

Another reason I admired David was he drove one of these.  It was red and white and relatively new in 1976.  He also had a cute little blond headed girlfriend that he hauled around town.  As I recall, she was always snuggled up next to Ol' Dave while he drove around.  He seemed to have it made in my young view and that's how I developed an affinity for the K5 Blazer.

One of these days when my wife's not paying close attention, I may go out and buy one of these darn rigs.  If she's nice, I might let her ride with me around town.  Of course she'd probably want to snuggle all up as we cruise the Bentonville strip.  Wait a minute;  I don't believe Bentonville has a strip.  I guess I could load 'er her up and head east on I-44 until I reach my hometown.  Then we could cruise the same strip my friends and I knew so well back in the 70's.  Maybe we'd run into my Ol' friend David.  If we did, I'd offer to buy him a pizza at Alex's or Priors: his choice.  I wonder if he still has his K5?

The Chevy K5 Blazer complete with power steering, power brakes, air and an AM/FM radio tuned to KCLU;  Much better than listening to a JZ concert on your phone while shopping for ear buds on Amazon:)

Thanks so much for tuning in.  Regarding mid-south and lower midwest culture related stuff, I'll try to keep you posted...